Meet the world’s animals.

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• Elfin Myzomela Myzomela adolphinae

  

  A tiny honeyeater of New Guinea's mid-montane forest canopy and village edges. Males show red on the head and rump against a dark back and wings; females have red only at the chin.

• Long-tailed Colilargo Oligoryzomys longicaudatus

  A small rice rat found in Chile and Argentina. It has a long tail and is mostly nocturnal and terrestrial, though it climbs well.

• Grauer's Swamp Warbler Bradypterus graueri

  This warbler is recorded in highland swamps of the Albertine Rift. It is dark brown with white spots and gives a fast, trilling song. A survey report says detailed feeding and breeding information is limited.

• Gould's Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus gouldi

  Gould's Long-eared Bat has long ears and short, broad wings. It roosts in tree hollows and catches insects close to the ground.

• Karoo Bustard Heterotetrax vigorsii

  The Karoo Bustard has a gray-brown body, a black throat, and a black patch on the nape. It walks through stony Karoo shrubland while foraging.

• Red Goral Naemorhedus baileyi

  The red goral is a goat relative of the eastern Himalaya that shifts elevation within mountain forests as the seasons change.

• Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae

  This large turaco is 51–54 cm long. It is active by day and eats fruit and flower nectar in African tropical woodlands.

• Ricefield Rat Rattus argentiventer

  The ricefield rat uses rice paddies and grasslands in Southeast Asia and eats both plant and animal foods.

• Hispaniolan Crossbill Loxia megaplaga

  The Hispaniolan Crossbill is a finch from Hispaniola that feeds on pine seeds. The sexes differ in plumage, and the tips of the bill cross.

• Hoary Marmot Marmota (Petromarmota) caligata

  The hoary marmot is a large rodent of high mountains, marked by gray shoulders and a white nose.

• Lava Heron Butorides sundevalli

  Endemic to the Galápagos Islands, this small heron lives on rocky shores, in mangroves, and at salt lagoons. Plumage varies, and bill and leg colors change with season.

• Golden-bellied Mangabey Cercocebus chrysogaster

  The golden-bellied mangabey is notable for orange fur on the front of its body. In forests and wetlands of the central Congo Basin, groups travel through trees and on the ground to find food.

• Yellow-billed Nuthatch Sitta solangiae

  The Yellow-billed Nuthatch has a yellow bill and violet-blue upperparts. It has a scattered, local range in Vietnam, Hainan, and Laos, where it moves through forest while searching for insects.

• Nearctic Brown Lemming Lemmus trimucronatus

  The Nearctic brown lemming is a small rodent of northern North American tundra. It feeds on plants and lives in a strongly seasonal environment.

• American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos

  The all-black American Crow searches the ground for many kinds of food. In some places, large flocks gather to roost in winter.

• Siberian Whiskered Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) sibiricus

  This is a small bat of Asian forests. A 2025 survey recorded it at 730 m and 1,810 m in Katon-Karagay National Park, Kazakhstan.

• Wire-crested Thorntail Discosura popelairii

  This hummingbird is recorded in humid forests of southern Colombia. Breeding males have wire-like ornamental feathers.

• Red-fronted Gazelle Eudorcas rufifrons

  The red-fronted gazelle has a reddish forehead. This account follows E. rufifrons west of the Nile and keeps eastern related gazelles separate.

• Black-throated Toucanet Aulacorhynchus atrogularis

  This toucanet occurs along the eastern Andes of Peru and Bolivia. A study of the former broad Emerald Toucanet complex describes black throat and cheek markings and a two-colored band at the bill base for the atrogularis form.

• Mound-building Mouse Mus (Mus) spicilegus

  The mound-building mouse is a brown wild mouse that resembles the house mouse. In autumn, young mice build mounds of soil and vegetation and spend winter underground.

• Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus

  The Pyrrhuloxia lives in dry scrub from the southwestern United States into northern Mexico. Its reddish plumage and stout bill are distinctive, and it searches the ground for seeds and cactus fruit.

• Variegated Squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides

  The variegated squirrel is a long-tailed tree squirrel whose coat color and pattern vary greatly among subspecies. It lives in forests and open woodland in Central America.

• Red-eared Fruit Dove Ptilinopus fischeri

  The Red-eared Fruit Dove lives in the mountains of Sulawesi. Adults are notable for a green back and a violet-red patch by the ear; they are usually solitary and discreet.

• Crested Mona Monkey Cercopithecus pogonias

  The crowned guenon is notable for its crest of hair and lives mainly in the trees of western Central African forests.